Receipt Did Not Stop RM59 Tax For Singaporean’s Two-Year-Old Speaker At Johor CIQ

A Singapore-based content creator paid RM59 in duty on a two-year-old speaker after an officer disregarded his receipt, and commenters say similar cases have cost travellers far more.

The Rakyat Post Adeline Leong · News & blogs · 3 hr ago

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Singaporean content creator Norvin Ong was charged RM59 in customs duty for a two-year-old speaker at the Johor Bahru CIQ, despite providing a purchase receipt. He was required to wait until midnight to complete the card payment.

Ong was charged 10% duty on the speaker's current online price rather than its original purchase value.
The officer rejected the 2024 receipt and calculated the tax based on a Google search result.
Ong had to wait until 12am to pay the RM59 fee by card because he lacked cash.

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Singapore-based balloon artist and content creator Norvin Ong was charged RM59 in tax by Malaysian customs officers at the Johor Bahru Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex for carrying a two-year-old Martin Roland MPA-50 speaker in his car boot.

He was shocked, claiming he bought the speakers in 2024 and even had the receipt to prove it.

On 20 October, Ong was organising his office and had placed the speaker in its original packaging to bring home. However, he was stopped by officers at CIQ at about 11.40pm. Despite showing the officer the receipt, the officer looked up the selling price on Google and calculated the 10% duty amount of RM59.

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Published: October 28, 2026 at 5:27 AM UTC
By: Adeline Leong
Section: Malaysia
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Receipt Did Not Stop RM59 Tax For Singaporean’s Two-Year-Old Speaker At Johor CIQ

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